Bought my oldest daughter a starter acoustic guitar - Gibson/Baldwin family, not bad sound for the price. Someone loaned me the Esteban course for beginners, so she can learn, among other things, to hold the guitar the right way. (A little hard for me to teach her, 'cause I'm a lefty and she's a righty.)
She definitely cleaned up from Santa this year - a guitar, karaoke machine and a TV/DVD unit for her bedroom. Only thing she didn't get that she wanted was a cell phone. Santa's generous, but he's not stupid.